is a Hydrogeologist with 15 years of experience as a consultant with his company BCL Hydro specialising in water environment impact assessments for development projects in the UK and Ireland.

Typical projects (quarrying, housing, contaminated land) demand the following inputs: Site investigations (supervision of drilling programmes and trial pitting, water features surveys), conceptualisation and modelling of the local groundwater and surface water regimes, Impact prediction and monitoring, Flood Risk Assessment, Formulation of mitigation measures to incorporate Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS), Water supply and management, Resolution of regulatory issues (abstraction licences and discharge consents), Liaison with Planning Authorities, Environment Agency, Natural England and the general public.